Aquincum - Amphitheater of the Roman Military Town

Amphitheaters In the 2nd C A.D. the Romans built a large amphitheater for their military camp at Aquincum. The ruins on the present-day Korvin Ottó utca were excavated in 1940. The arena, constructed on an elliptical plan, was 131m (429ft) long and 107m (351ft) broad, and had room for several thousand spectators who could enjoy battle games here as well as other spectacles.

Some historians are of the opinion that the Magyars used this theater as a fortress in the 9th and 10th C when they occupied the country.

In 1880 and 1937 the remains of the amphitheater of the civil town of Aquincum were uncovered diagonally opposite the main excavation site. It originally occupied an area of about 80m x 90m (261ft x 294ft)